Social Security Benefits: Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
(asked on 6th October 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families are affected by the two-child limit on social security benefits in Carmarthen East and Dinefwr constituency.
This question was answered on 12th October 2020
In Carmarthen East and Dinefwr 60 families on Universal Credit were affected by the policy in April 2020.
Notes:
- Families affected means households reporting a third or subsequent child on or after 6 April 2017 and not receiving a child element/amount.
- This data is for households that had an open UC claim in April 2020, and so will have been included in this year’s Two Child Policy Publication.
- Percentages rounded to nearest percent and number of families rounded to nearest 10.